Patents by Inventor Thomas Acampora

Thomas Acampora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Housing for a computing device
    Patent number: 7804487
    Abstract: Improved housing for a computing device is disclosed. The improved housing is provided with one of an illuminable connector, a touch pad arrangement, and a palm rest stiffening plate. Normally, the illuminable connector and the touch pad arrangement are provided on external portions of a housing of the computing device such that they are available for user interaction. The palm rest stiffening plate is provided internal to a housing to provide stiffness or rigidity to a palm rest region of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Acampora, Kevin Scott Fetterman